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Are we better off yet?

Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?

Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? That is the question most Americans are asking themselves as they watch Mitt Romney and President Obama go head to head over the next 64 days because many believe it is the underlying theme of this year’s election.

69% of Americans in the latest NBC News poll say they are the same or worse off than when President Obama took office in 2008 and promised change for America. Politico Chief Investigative Reporter, Ken Vogel, joined the conversation live from Charlotte to answer the question: what is this election about?